Exness Trading Hours — Spread and Movement by Hour · South Africa
How the measured spread and the average hourly movement change through the trading day on Exness’s MetaTrader 5 feed — measured 1 Nov · 09:46 SAST. Hours are platform server time.
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A trading hour is attractive when the market moves a lot relative to what entering costs. The last column divides the average hourly movement by the average spread in that hour — more movement per pip of spread means the hour is cheaper to trade relative to its opportunity, before strategy and news are considered.
BTC/USD hour by hour (measured)
| Hour (server) | Avg spread (pts) | Avg movement (pts) | Movement per pt of spread |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 640 | 47219.9 | 74× |
| 01:00 | 640 | 55631.3 | 87× |
| 02:00 | 640 | 45585 | 71× |
| 03:00 | 640 | 40337.3 | 63× |
| 04:00 | 640 | 36014.4 | 56× |
| 05:00 | 640 | 25926.9 | 41× |
| 06:00 | 640 | 31283.3 | 49× |
| 07:00 | 640 | 30525.6 | 48× |
| 08:00 | 640 | 43000.1 | 67× |
| 09:00 | 640 | 31055.9 | 49× |
| 10:00 | 640 | 30521.3 | 48× |
| 11:00 | 640 | 32691 | 51× |
| 12:00 | 640 | 38658.4 | 60× |
| 13:00 | 640 | 52041.4 | 81× |
| 14:00 | 640 | 61147 | 96× |
| 15:00 | 640 | 49231 | 77× |
| 16:00 | 640 | 44651 | 70× |
| 17:00 | 640 | 39478.7 | 62× |
| 18:00 | 640 | 42415.4 | 66× |
| 19:00 | 640 | 32593.9 | 51× |
| 20:00 | 640 | 64417.9 | 101× |
| 21:00 | 640 | 51309.6 | 80× |
| 22:00 | 640 | 34945.9 | 55× |
| 23:00 | 640 | 47293.6 | 74× |
Spread = average of all quotes captured in that hour over the last 24h; movement = average high–low of that hour over the last 7 sessions. Hours are MT5 server time.
All instruments — where spreads tighten and widen
| Instrument | Tightest avg spread | Widest avg spread | Biggest hourly movement | Movement-per-cost peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTC/USD | 640 at 07:00 | 640 at 07:00 | 64417.9 at 20:00 | 20:00 |
| ETH/USD | 100 at 07:00 | 100 at 07:00 | 2790.4 at 20:00 | 20:00 |
Spread in pips (points for non-FX). ‘Movement-per-cost peak’ is the hour with the most movement per pip of spread.
The rollover hour
In this sample the widest BTC/USD hour was 07:00 server time, where the average spread ran about 1× the typical hour. This is the daily rollover window — swaps are applied, liquidity providers reset, and quotes briefly widen. Positions held with tight stop-losses through this hour can be stopped out by the spread alone. The most active hours by tick count were 01:00, 07:00, 11:00, 14:00.
How this was measured
- Spread by hour: every captured quote on Exness's own MT5 feed, bucketed by server hour (last 24h).
- Movement by hour: average H1 candle range over the last 7 sessions, from the same feed.
- The ratio compares movement to entry cost only — it is not a prediction of direction.
- Figures refresh on a schedule and vary day to day.
Measured in-terminal on Exness’s own MetaTrader 5 pricing feed and symbol specifications, refreshed on a schedule. All figures are indicative and change with market conditions.
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